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Sheriff's office official sworn in as president of state association
Melinda Grenier, who works for the Frederick County Sheriff’s
office, recently took office as president of the Maryland Criminal
Justice Association. She is shown here with George Kirk of the
Maryland Division of Parole and Probation, Frederick County Office.




Originally published November 05, 2007


By Sarah Fortney News-Post Staff




A statewide organization that fosters professionalism in criminal justice has a new president, and she works in Frederick County.
The Maryland Criminal Justice Association, a chapter of the American Correctional Association, held an induction ceremony Oct. 15 in Ocean City where Melinda Grenier stepped into her new position as president.
As assistant director of the Community Services Division at the Frederick County Sheriff's Office, Grenier helps oversee several programs, including inmates work release, home detention and inmate labor. She has been with the sheriff's office for about 15 years.
Grenier has been involved with MCJA member for about five years, she said. For the last two years, she served as president elect.
About 10 other sheriff's office officials are MCJA members, Grenier said.
George Kirk, field supervisor at the local office of the state's Division of Parole and Probation, was elected MCJA secretary at the induction ceremony.
Because of Grenier's support of and service to the organization, statewide members -- almost 500 people -- chose her to serve the two-year term.
"It is an honor," she said.
As president, Grenier's duties will include scheduling board meetings, meeting with the organization's executive committee to prepare an annual budget and submitting an annual report to the ACA.
"It is a lot of work," Grenier said, but worth every minute.
Grenier said she believes in the organization's mission -- to provide training for correctional officers and promote professionalism in the field. And she said that professionalism has come a long way.